Supply & Demand Chain Executive

Verisk CargoNet Warns of Elevated Cargo Theft Risk During Memorial Day Holiday Period

CargoNet, a Verisk business

The most frequently targeted commodity groups during prior Memorial Day periods were food and beverages, electronics, household goods, vehicles and accessories, and apparel.

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Procurement Software

Procurement’s Real Problem isn’t Strategy: It’s Execution at Scale

The challenge is rarely identifying where costs are increasing. It is responding to those changes consistently across the full supplier base.

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Electrification

Fuel Transport, Kenvue Canada Launch Pilot to Test Dedicated Urban Electric Delivery Route

The project, known as “Electric Loop” or eLoop, is designed to test how EV freight performs in real-world, urban, and cold weather conditions.

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Fleet Management

YMX Logistics' Matt Yearling Brings Operations and Technology Together to Address Yard Management Challenges: Pros to Know Award

Matt Yearling, CEO of YMX Logistics, was named a recipient of this year's Pros to Know award, in the Leaders in Excellence category.

Procurement Software

Procurement Leaders Don’t Trust Their Supplier Data

Graphite Connect

One in three suppliers complain about having to submit data multiple times.

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Human First, Digital Always: Implementing AI and Automation to Promote Workforce Development

The organizations getting this right are not using AI to dehumanize operations. They are using it to make work clearer, faster, safer, and more sustainable.

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Risk/Compliance

U.S. Cargo Theft Dipped in Q1 While Deceptive Pickup Schemes Jumped 31%: Overhaul Report

Fraud-based schemes grew more prevalent, new product categories emerged as targets, and theft activity spread into regions that haven’t historically been hotspots.

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Locus Robotics Acquires Nexera Robotics, Expands Autonomous Mobile Manipulation Capabilities

The integration of Nexera’s proprietary NeuraGrasp end-effector technology into the Locus Robotics physical AI platform significantly expands the company’s autonomous mobile manipulation capabilities.

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Material Handling Equipment

Hyster XTLG Forklifts Built on Battle-Tested ICE Chassis

Construction on a proven ICE chassis enables high ground clearance to handle uneven surfaces and parts sharing with ICE forklifts users may already have in their fleet.

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Just 5% Supply Chain AI Initiatives Successfully Moved Beyond Experimentation into Scale

While AI experimentation is nearly universal, only about 5% of supply chain AI initiatives have successfully moved beyond experimentation to enterprise-wide scale.

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Carbon Footprint

Building a Circular Economy: Removing Steps from the System

iGPS Logistics, LLC (formerly known as Intelligent Global Pooling Systems)

Every additional step is a chance for a disruption to occur, or a product or asset to get damaged, or a worker to be injured.

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Facility Automation Key Priority for Supply Chain Organizations

Interact Analysis

Respondents are reporting a decreasing reliance on labor due to high costs, shortages, and recruitment challenges, especially for processes with low “added value“ and high “repetitive stress or injury.“

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